The CIA World Factbook Edition 1991 Communications

Airports In 36 editions of 36.

Airports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1991 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1991 edition
229
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Airports” (1990 to 2025), and under 2 other headings in a few entries, mostly where the source split this field into parts.

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Africa

60 entries

Algeria

  • 145 total, 134 usable;
  • 53 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 3 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 30 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 66 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Angola

  • 315 total, 183 usable;
  • 28 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 58 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Benin

  • 6 total, 4 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Botswana

  • 100 total, 87 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 26 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Burkina now Burkina Faso

  • 50 total, 43 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Burundi

  • 8 total, 7 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220 to 2,439 m

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • 6 total, 6 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Cameroon

  • 60 total, 52 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 21 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Central African Republic

  • 66 total, 49 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Chad

  • 70 total, 54 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 23 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Comoros

  • 4 total, 4 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • 308 total, 255 usable;
  • 24 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 71 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Congo now Republic of the Congo

  • 50 total, 45 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 18 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

  • 48 total, 41 usable;
  • 7 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Djibouti

  • 13 total, 10 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Egypt

  • 91 total, 82 usable;
  • 66 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 44 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Equatorial Guinea

  • 4 total, 3 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • 23 total, 22 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surfaced runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Ethiopia

  • 153 total, 111 usable;
  • 9 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 49 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Europa Island

1 with runway 1,220 to 2,439 m

Gabon

  • 73 total, 61 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

The Gambia

1 with permanent-surface runway 2,440-3,659 m

Ghana

  • 10 total, 9 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Glorioso Islands

1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m

Guinea

  • 16 total, 16 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guinea-Bissau

  • 37 total, 18 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Juan de Nova Island

1 with nonpermanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

Kenya

  • 249 total, 213 usable;
  • 22 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 47 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Lesotho

  • 28 total, 28 usable;
  • 3 with permanent surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Liberia

  • 75 total, 58 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Libya

  • 131 total, 123 usable;
  • 53 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 7 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 31 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 44 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Madagascar

  • 148 total, 115 usable;
  • 30 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 42 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Malawi

  • 48 total, 46 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mali

  • 37 total, 29 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mauritania

  • 30 total, 29 usable;
  • 9 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mauritius

  • 5 total, 4 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mayotte

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

Morocco

  • 75 total, 67 usable;
  • 26 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 27 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mozambique

  • 197 total, 145 usable;
  • 27 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 27 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Namibia

  • 143 total, 123 usable;
  • 21 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 67 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Niger

  • 31 total, 29 usable;
  • 7 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Nigeria

  • 81 total, 68 usable;
  • 32 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 14 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 21 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Reunion

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Rwanda

  • 8 total, 8 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

1 with permanent-surface runway 2,440-3,659 m on Ascension

Sao Tome and Principe

2 total, 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m

Senegal

  • 25 total, 20 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Seychelles

  • 14 total, 14 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Sierra Leone

  • 12 total, 8 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Somalia

  • 61 total, 46 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

South Africa

  • 917 total, 765 usable;
  • 130 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 5 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 224 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Sudan

  • 78 total, 66 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 30 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Tanzania

  • 105 total, 93 usable;
  • 12 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 44 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Togo

  • 9 total, 9 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Tromelin Island

1 with runway less than 1,220 m

Tunisia

  • 29 total, 28 usable;
  • 14 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Uganda

  • 37 total, 28 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Western Sahara

  • 16 total, 14 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Zambia

  • 121 total, 106 usable;
  • 13 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 23 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Zimbabwe

  • 499 total, 415 usable;
  • 23 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 35 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Antarctic Region

2 entries

Antarctica

  • 37 total;
  • 27 usable;
  • none with permanent hard-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • 5 total, 5 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runway 2,440-3,659 m

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

  • 11 total, 8 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Iceland

  • 99 total, 92 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 14 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Jan Mayen

1 with runway 1,220 to 2,439 m

Svalbard

  • 4 total, 4 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Asia

14 entries

Afghanistan

  • 40 total, 36 usable;
  • 9 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Bangladesh

  • 16 total, 12 usable;
  • 12 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Bhutan

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

British Indian Ocean Territory

1 with permanent-surface runways over 3,659 m on Diego Garcia

China

  • 330 total, 330 usable;
  • 260 with permanent-surface runways;
  • fewer than 10 with runways over 3,500 m;
  • 90 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 200 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

India

  • 345 total, 288 usable;
  • 198 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 57 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 88 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Japan

  • 165 total, 157 usable;
  • 129 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 29 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 56 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Korea, North now North Korea

  • 55 total, 55 usable (est.);
  • about 30 with permanent-surface runways;
  • fewer than 5 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 30 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Korea, South now South Korea

  • 110 total, 102 usable;
  • 60 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 21 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Maldives

2 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Mongolia

  • 81 total, 31 usable;
  • 11 with permanent-surface runways;
  • fewer than 5 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • fewer than 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Nepal

  • 37 total, 37 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Pakistan

  • 115 total, 105 usable;
  • 75 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 31 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 43 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Sri Lanka

  • 14 total, 13 usable;
  • 12 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

3 total, 3 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways of 1,100 m (Wallblake Airport)

Antigua and Barbuda

  • 3 total, 3 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways less than 1,220 m

Aruba

Published as “Airfield”

government-owned airport east of Oranjestad

The Bahamas

  • 59 total, 57 usable;
  • 31 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 25 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Barbados

1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Belize

  • 42 total, 32 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

British Virgin Islands

3 total, 3 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways less than 1,220 m

Cayman Islands

  • 3 total;
  • 3 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Costa Rica

  • 173 total, 159 usable;
  • 26 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 11 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Cuba

  • 205 total, 176 usable;
  • 75 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 3 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 25 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Dominica

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Dominican Republic

  • 44 total, 30 usable;
  • 14 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

El Salvador

  • 116 total, 82 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Grenada

  • 3 total, 3 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guadeloupe

  • 9 total, 9 usable, 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guatemala

  • 430 total, 381 usable;
  • 11 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 19 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Haiti

  • 15 total, 10 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Honduras

  • 175 total, 134 usable;
  • 8 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Jamaica

  • 41 total, 25 usable;
  • 14 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Martinique

  • 2 total;
  • 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways less than 2,439 m

Montserrat

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,036 m

Netherlands Antilles

  • 7 total, 7 usable;
  • 7 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Nicaragua

  • 251 total, 162 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Panama

  • 113 total, 101 usable;
  • 41 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Puerto Rico

  • 33 total;
  • 23 usable;
  • 19 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Saint Lucia

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • 6 total, 6 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Trinidad and Tobago

  • 6 total, 5 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • 7 total, 7 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Virgin Islands

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m;
  • international airports on Saint Thomas and Saint Croix

Europe

33 entries

Albania

  • 12 total, 10 usable;
  • more than 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • more than 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Austria

  • 55 total, 54 usable;
  • 20 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Belgium

  • 42 total, 42 usable;
  • 24 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 14 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Bulgaria

  • 380 total, 380 usable;
  • about 120 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Czechoslovakia

  • 158 total, 158 usable;
  • 40 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 19 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 37 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Denmark

  • 129 total, 112 usable;
  • 27 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 9 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Faroe Islands

1 with permanent surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

Finland

  • 160 total, 157 usable;
  • 57 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 23 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

France

  • 470 total, 460 usable;
  • 246 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 3 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 34 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 136 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Germany

  • 655 total, 647 usable;
  • 312 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 4 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 86 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 95 with runways 1,220-2,439 m West--highly developed, modern telecommunication service to all parts of the country;
  • fully adequate in all respects;
  • 41,740,000 telephones;
  • stations--70 AM, 205 (370 relays) FM, 300 (6,422 relays) TV;
  • 6 submarine coaxial cables;
  • earth stations operating in INTELSAT (12 Atlantic Ocean, 2 Indian Ocean), EUTELSAT, and domestic systems;
  • East--3,970,000 telephones;
  • stations--23 AM, 17 FM, 21 TV (15 Soviet TV relays);
  • 6,181,860 TVs;
  • 6,700,000 radios;
  • at least 1 earth station

Gibraltar

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

Greece

  • 81 total, 79 usable;
  • 60 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guernsey

Published as “Airport”

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m (La Villiaze)

Hungary

  • 90 total, 90 usable;
  • 20 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Ireland

  • 40 total, 37 usable;
  • 18 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

2 total; 1 usable with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m

Italy

  • 138 total, 135 usable;
  • 90 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 36 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 38 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Jersey

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m (Saint Peter)

Liechtenstein

none

Luxembourg

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways less than 1,220 m

Malta

1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Monaco

1 usable airfield with permanent-surface runways

Netherlands

  • 28 total, 28 usable;
  • 18 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Norway

  • 104 total, 103 usable;
  • 64 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Poland

  • 160 total, 160 usable;
  • 85 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runway over 3,659 m;
  • 35 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 65 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Portugal

  • 69 total, 63 usable;
  • 36 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Romania

  • 165 total, 165 usable;
  • 25 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 15 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Soviet Union

  • 7,192 total, 4,607 usable;
  • 1,163 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 33 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 491 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 661 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Spain

  • 104 total, 98 usable;
  • 61 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 4 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 25 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Sweden

  • 256 total, 254 usable;
  • 137 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 92 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Switzerland

  • 67 total, 65 usable;
  • 42 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

United Kingdom

  • 520 total, 388 usable;
  • 252 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 37 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 133 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Yugoslavia

  • 179 total, 179 usable;
  • 54 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 23 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

  • 3 total, 3 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Cyprus

  • 13 total, 13 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Gaza Strip

1 with permanent-surface runway less than 1,220 m

Iran

  • 214 total, 186 usable;
  • 80 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 17 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 16 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 70 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Iraq

  • 111 total, 102 usable;
  • 73 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 9 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 52 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Israel

  • 51 total, 44 usable;
  • 26 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Jordan

  • 19 total, 16 usable;
  • 14 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Kuwait

  • 7 total, 4 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Lebanon

  • 9 total, 8 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m;
  • none under the direct control of the Lebanese Government

Oman

  • 122 total, 114 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 64 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Qatar

  • 4 total, 4 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • none with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Saudi Arabia

  • 207 total, 188 usable;
  • 69 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 13 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 38 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 103 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Syria

  • 99 total, 96 usable;
  • 24 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 21 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Turkey now Turkiye

  • 115 total, 109 usable;
  • 64 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 3 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 30 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 26 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

United Arab Emirates

  • 38 total, 35 usable;
  • 20 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 7 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

West Bank

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Yemen

  • 49 total, 40 usable;
  • 10 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Canada

  • 1,397 total, 1,154 usable;
  • 443 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 4 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 30 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 328 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Mexico

  • 1,815 total, 1,537 usable;
  • 195 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 33 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 276 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways, none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m

United States

  • 14,177 total, 12,417 usable;
  • 4,820 with permanent surface-runways;
  • 63 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 325 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2,524 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Oceania

32 entries

American Samoa

  • 4 total, 4 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440 to 3,659 m (international airport at Tafuna, near Pago Pago);
  • small airstrips on Ta'u and Ofu

Australia

  • 747 total, 524 usable;
  • 270 with permanent-surface runways, 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 17 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 401 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Baker Island

1 abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m

Cook Islands

  • 7 total, 6 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Fiji

  • 26 total, 24 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

French Polynesia

  • 43 total, 41 usable;
  • 23 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guam

  • 5 total, 4 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Howland Island

airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan--they left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable

Johnston Atoll

1 with permanent-surface runway 2,743 m

Kingman Reef

lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938

Kiribati

  • 22 total;
  • 21 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Marshall Islands

  • 5 total, 5 usable;
  • 4 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • 11 total, 10 usable;
  • 7 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 6 with runways 1,220-2,439

Midway Islands

  • 3 total;
  • 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Nauru

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

New Caledonia

  • 29 total, 27 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

New Zealand

  • 157 total, 157 usable;
  • 33 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 46 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Niue

1 with permanent-surface runway of 1,650 m

Norfolk Island

1 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m (Australian owned)

Northern Mariana Islands

  • 6 total, 4 usable;
  • 3 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the now Palau

2 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m

Palmyra Atoll

1 with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

Papua New Guinea

  • 567 total, 479 usable;
  • 19 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 40 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Pitcairn Islands

none

Western Samoa now Samoa

  • 3 total, 3 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Solomon Islands

  • 31 total, 29 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Tokelau

none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Western Samoa

Tonga

  • 6 total, 6 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Tuvalu

1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m

Vanuatu

  • 32 total, 28 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Wake Island

1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440 to 3,659 m

Wallis and Futuna

  • 2 total;
  • 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

South America

14 entries

Argentina

  • 1,763 total, 1,575 usable;
  • 135 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 31 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 336 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Bolivia

  • 807 total, 659 usable;
  • 9 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 120 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Brazil

  • 3,751 total, 3,078 usable;
  • 401 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 22 with runways 2,240-3,659 m;
  • 533 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Chile

  • 392 total, 353 usable;
  • 50 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 55 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Colombia

  • 1,165 total, 1,045 usable;
  • 69 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 192 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Ecuador

  • 153 total, 151 usable;
  • 46 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 23 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Falkland Islands now Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • 5 total, 5 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220 to 2,439 m

French Guiana

  • 10 total, 10 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Guyana

  • 58 total, 55 usable;
  • 5 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • none with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 14 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Paraguay

  • 851 total, 738 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 60 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Peru

  • 222 total, 205 usable;
  • 36 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 24 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 42 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Suriname

  • 46 total, 42 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Uruguay

  • 91 total, 86 usable;
  • 16 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Venezuela

  • 296 total, 277 usable;
  • 137 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 88 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Southeast Asia

17 entries

Brunei

  • 2 total, 2 usable;
  • 1 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runway over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runway 1,406 m

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • 86 total, 79 usable;
  • 29 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 37 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Cambodia

  • 22 total, 9 usable;
  • 6 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Christmas Island

1 usable with permanent-surface runway 1,220-2,439 m

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

1 airfield with permanent-surface runway, 1,220-2,439 m; airport on West Island is a link in service between Australia and South Africa

Hong Kong

  • 2 total;
  • 2 usable;
  • 2 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Indonesia

  • 470 total, 436 usable;
  • 111 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 63 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Laos

  • 65 total, 51 usable;
  • 9 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 13 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Macau

none useable, 1 under construction; 1 seaplane station

Malaysia

  • 125 total, 119 usable;
  • 32 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 18 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Paracel Islands

1 on Woody Island

Philippines

  • 280 total, 235 usable;
  • 71 with permanent-surface runways;
  • none with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 9 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 50 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Singapore

  • 9 total, 9 usable;
  • 9 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 2 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Spratly Islands

  • 3 total, 2 usable;
  • none with runways over 2,439 m;
  • 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Taiwan

  • 38 total, 37 usable;
  • 33 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 3 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 16 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Thailand

  • 127 total, 103 usable;
  • 56 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 1 with runways over 3,659 m;
  • 12 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 28 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Vietnam

  • 100 total, 100 usable;
  • 50 with permanent-surface runways;
  • 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
  • 20 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1991, “Airports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/airports/1991.

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